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Registered charity · Bedford

Early Childhood Partnership

Early Childhood Partnership is a registered charity (number 1168090) based in Bedford, governed by 2 trustees. Latest income £2.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £2.0m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Scotland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.ecpbedford.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Early Childhood Partnership
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.0m£2.0m
  • 2024£2.0m£1.9m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.8m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.9m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 66% · Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO PROVIDE PARENTS, EXPECTANT PARENTS AND CARERS WITH EDUCATION TO ASSIST THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR PARENTING, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO ENHANCE THE OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN; 2. TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PARENTS, EXPECTANT PARENTS, CARERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND3. TO RELIEVE AND GIVE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS, EXPECTANT PARENTS, CARERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Grants received

3 grants · £324,980 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
18y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 9Other services 3Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

45 from 43 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
87%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1168090
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 MAY 2016
Companies House
Company number 10197205 · Active
Contact on the register
01923 353612 · admin@ecpbedford.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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